Horace
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
wisdom wings recalls
Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.
wisdom men world
Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
inspirational wisdom fall
Force without reason falls of its own weight.
wisdom cages back-again
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
wise wisdom freedom
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
wisdom book
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
wisdom folly
[So] Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
wisdom found folly
Wisdom at times is found in folly.
according act best bless common given goodness happiness philosophy submit wisdom
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,
wisdom genuine dear
Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.
wisdom character wings
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
wisdom common-sense moments
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.
life wisdom thinking
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
wise wisdom men
An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things can be propounded which do not require a response with qualifications, with discriminations, with proportion.